Archive for the ‘Events in History’ Category
17 APRIL 1397
15 APRIL 1452
14 APRIL 1471
Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, defeat of Warwick and his brother Montagu, who both fell in the battle. Richard is said to have been in command of the vanguard.
Read more about a possible different location for the battle here.
11 APRIL 1471
10 APRIL 1472
Birth of Margaret of York, fifth child and fourth daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Winchester Castle. She was named after her aunt, Margaret Dowager Duchess of Burgundy. She died at the age of 8 months on 11 December 1472, buried at Westminster Abbey. Her sarcophagus was originally placed to fit in the steps of the shrine of St. Edward the Confessor but later moved to the edge of the chapel. The step edging around the sides can still be seen.
9 APRIL 1483
9 APRIL 1413
6 APRIL 1199
Richard I (the ‘Lionheart’) died from an infected arrow wound to his shoulder. He received this by accident while besieging the small, virtually unarmed castle of Chalus-Chabrol.
Richard was born on 8 September 1157, the third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
He was crowned King of England on 3 September 1189. Richard spend only 6 months of his reign in England, first going on the Third Crusade, on his return he was imprisoned in Austria. His mother worked hard to raise the ransom of 150,000 marks (65,000 pounds of silver) equaling 2–3 times the annual income for the English Crown at that time.